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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

i wanted to check in to wish you a very happy/merry/ wonderful holiday season! jim and i will be excited to host some guests at our home for xmas. his parents will be coming up and there will also be one other couple joining us for a total of 6. i’m very excited to eat jim’s yummy food. he’s making ham, corn pudding, mashed potatoes, cold slaw and his famous chocolate chip cookies. i’m sure i’m forgetting some things, but i’m positive i’ve hit the most important parts (: i have to write everything down nowadays or else i forget it.

in other news we went to our 34 week baby appointment today. i’m happy to report that i’ve gained two pounds since our last appointment 2 weeks ago. i was actually very encouraged by that. at our last appointment i hadn’t gained anything in the 2 week period between appointments and that concerned me a little. at this point baby girl is supposed to gain on average about 1/2 a pound a week from here on out and also right now my amniotic fluid is supposed to be at its peak. so, the 2 lbs weight gain lets me know that those things are probably progressing nicely. we were also told that i just need to make it to 35 weeks before i can stop taking procardia (the medicine that controls contractions). procardia has not been my friend as it gives me nasty headaches. hooray!! i can’t wait to throw that junk out. i must admit though that i am grateful that it has been doing a good job of quieting my uterus. but, the very very very very wonderful fantastic great news is that i am released from bed rest at 36 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can. not. wait! i am like a kid waiting to go to disney world. the first thing i’m going to do is have a latte somewhere before getting a pedicure. i also asked the doctor if that meant i could actually return to normal normal life like returning to work and she said, “weeeelllllll, let’s just play it by ear”. i was interested in what she would say because if she did think i could return to work i wanted to somehow physically prepare for it. meaning right now i can barely sit upright for an hour before my body starts to hurt and i begin feeling really exhausted. even if i did nothing else at work besides sit and stare at the wall for 8 hrs, at this point, that would be nearly impossible. it’s so sad how much stamina and endurance i’ve lost over these past 2 months of inactivity. i’m not highlighting this to seem negative. i’m actually thankful that i’ve had this time on bedrest because it’s helped our daughter get the time she needs in my womb. there is no way i could feel bad about that.

so that’s the update. 2 more weeks and then i can start moving around a little and i NEED that time to come-fast. i don’t have any new and exciting photos for you, but i’ll take some at xmas to share next post. this is my 33 week photo.